yankytrash
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Picked up a brand new Sig P229 in 357 Sig today. Felt good in my hand, and reports of 357 Sig accuracy seemed hopeful.
Ran 200rd of Winchester white box 125gr and 100rd of Speer Lawman 125gr (only two types my dealer had in stock) through it this afternoon after the manual-suggested cleaning. Test fired by me and a friend who's a decent shot.
First it shoots so low that it took a good 40 rounds to figure out where the bullets were going. When finally figured out it was shooting 12" low at 15yd, we started to compensate. Got bullets on paper, but groups were sad to say the least. Groups were 12" at a minimum, I won't even count the fliers. On an 8" x 11" piece of paper at 15 yards, that might as well be a mile.
Now, we proceeded to run out the rest of the 300rd, just knowing that one of us would catch the sweet spot in this pistol and make a showing. No dice. Aggravated, I gave up. My buddy ran out the last of the rounds and determined, well, nothing. We're at a loss.
One thing I do notice now that I'm closely scrutinizing the pistol is that the muzzle end of the barrel seems to ride the bottom of the hole where it goes through the slide (on a 1911, it's where the bushing would be). I feel along top of the chamber end where it looks like it's flush with the slide and I notice the barrel falls downhill quite a bit in that little 1" area.
Does that sound like a problem? I've never owned a Sig before, and don't know if this is normal or not.
Any suggestions/advice to share? Thusfar, it seems I've bought an expensive boat anchor. At least the slide's stainless, so it won't rust in the brackish water.
Ran 200rd of Winchester white box 125gr and 100rd of Speer Lawman 125gr (only two types my dealer had in stock) through it this afternoon after the manual-suggested cleaning. Test fired by me and a friend who's a decent shot.
First it shoots so low that it took a good 40 rounds to figure out where the bullets were going. When finally figured out it was shooting 12" low at 15yd, we started to compensate. Got bullets on paper, but groups were sad to say the least. Groups were 12" at a minimum, I won't even count the fliers. On an 8" x 11" piece of paper at 15 yards, that might as well be a mile.
Now, we proceeded to run out the rest of the 300rd, just knowing that one of us would catch the sweet spot in this pistol and make a showing. No dice. Aggravated, I gave up. My buddy ran out the last of the rounds and determined, well, nothing. We're at a loss.
One thing I do notice now that I'm closely scrutinizing the pistol is that the muzzle end of the barrel seems to ride the bottom of the hole where it goes through the slide (on a 1911, it's where the bushing would be). I feel along top of the chamber end where it looks like it's flush with the slide and I notice the barrel falls downhill quite a bit in that little 1" area.
Does that sound like a problem? I've never owned a Sig before, and don't know if this is normal or not.
Any suggestions/advice to share? Thusfar, it seems I've bought an expensive boat anchor. At least the slide's stainless, so it won't rust in the brackish water.
